Concept information
Preferred term
GLORY
Definition
- [2011-03-04, NASA's Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit] [Source: NASA Press Release 11-050, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/mar/HQ_11-050_N0_Glory.html ] WASHINGTON -- NASA's Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit. Telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective shell atop the Taurus XL rocket, did not separate as expected about three minutes after launch. // [Source: Glory Science Home Page, http://glory.giss.nasa.gov/ ] Glory is a remote-sensing Earth-orbiting observatory designed to achieve two separate mission objectives. One is to collect data on the chemical, microphysical, and optical properties, and spatial and temporal distributions of aerosols. The other is to continue collection of total solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record. The Glory mission's scientific objectives are met by implementing two separate science instruments, one with the ability to collect polarimetric measurements along the satellite ground track within the solar reflective spectral region (0.4 to 2.4 micrometers) and one with the ability to monitor changes in sunlight incident on the Earth's atmosphere by collecting high accuracy, high precision measurements of total solar irradiance. Glory accomplishes these objectives by deploying two instruments aboard a low earth orbit satellite, the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) and the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM). Additionally, a cloud camera system will provide images that allow the APS scans along the spacecraft ground track to be put into spatial context and to facilitate determination of cloud occurrence within the APS instantaneous field of view. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GLORY Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: GLORY End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: TIM Short_Name: CC GLORY Short_Name: APS GLORY End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 705 km +/- 30 km Orbit_Inclination: 98.2 Degrees +/- 0.15 Degrees Equator_Crossing: 1:35 p.m. Period: 99 Minutes Repeat_Cycle: 16 Days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-11-09 Online_Resource: http://glory.giss.nasa.gov/ Online_Resource: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Sample_Image: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gloryinorbit-s.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2011-03-04 Launch_Site: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, USA Design_Life: + 3 years; 5 year goal Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group (en)
Broader concept
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/40e64334-e37c-4292-8b72-67c93bb24d41
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